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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bermondsey 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915

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Table: Table V.—Abbreviated Tables of Causes of Death.

Table V.—Abbreviated Tables of Causes of Death.

Causes of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 mth.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year. 1915.Total Deaths under 1 year. 1914.
All causesCertified8022191613710310393101537487
Uncertified.................................
Small-pox.................................
Chicken-pox..................1......11
Measles..................110152613
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping-Cough...............261110293
Diphtheria and Croup........................221
Erysipelas..................1...112
Tuberculous Meningitis1.........1......2369
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................11245
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................21...33
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................22482
Convulsions13......41511127
Laryngitis..................................
Brochitis131...51776104530
Pneumonia (all forms)1...214151721258261
Diarrhœa.........11694424108
Enteritis.........111723191878...
Gastritis.................................
Syphilis..............1...1...23
Rickets..................1.....1...
Suffocation, overlying...............43211013
Injury at birth6.........6......1...74
Atelectasis1412...172......12010
Congenital Malformations241...743......144
Premature birth445375931......6377
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus8455222615847586
Other Causes22511055312445
Totals8022191613710310393101537487

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Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 3,422 ; Illegitimate, (SO.